12:13 AM ET ATLANTA — For the bulk of the second half of its College Football Playoff semifinal game against Ohio State, it appeared Georgia was not going to get the chance to defend its national championship. Then Stetson Bennett delivered yet another play for the ages. Bennett threw a 10-yard pass to Adonai Mitchell
Month: January 2023
1:38 PM ET The Dallas Stars have signed 38-year-old center Joe Pavelski to a one-year contract extension through the 2023-24 season. The contract is worth a base salary of $3.5 million and includes $2 million in potential performance bonuses. Pavelski has 12 goals and 25 assists in 38 games this season. Since signing with Dallas
1:05 PM ET Former Ryder Cup player and five-time European Tour winner Barry Lane has died at the age of 62, the DP World Tour said in a statement Sunday. Lane played in 693 events on the European Tour, which is now known as the DP World Tour, and is fourth on the Tour’s all-time
12:54 PM ET WBA strawweight champion Seniesa Estrada will make her first appearance of 2023 when she fights in a unification bout against WBC champion Tina Rupprecht, sources told ESPN on Sunday. The fight is expected to take place in the United States with a targeted date of March 25 as a cofeature fight, sources
5:39 AM ET January is usually quiet for transfers, but the Premier League‘s winter spending in 2022 was actually the second highest in history and over half the money (€335 million, according to Transfermarkt) was splashed by the bottom five clubs: Everton, Norwich City, Newcastle United, Watford and Burnley. 2 Related With the break for
12:12 PM ET Britain stormed into the knockout stage of the United Cup mixed team tournament on Sunday as Dan Evans came through a gruelling match against Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas with a 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 win that gave his team an unassailable 3-1 lead. Britain began the day with a 2-0 advantage in the tie
11:26 AM ET Former WBO and IBF junior lightweight champion Mikaela Mayer will make her debut at lightweight against Christina Linardatou, a source confirmed to ESPN. A date and location for the fight have not been determined. This will be Mayer’s first fight since a split-decision loss to Alycia Baumgardner in October that unified the
“Stayin’ Alive” is a famous song of the now-defunct band named ‘Bee Gees’.© Instagram Veteran batter David Warner slammed a gritty double century in his 100th Test against South Africa to give his Australia career some much-needed boost. Warner, who was going through a rough patch with the bat, slammed 200 in the first innings
5:08 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James got another birthday greeting after he turned 38 on Friday. This time from the man he is chasing on the NBA’s all-time scoring list: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Abdul-Jabbar, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer and six-time NBA champion, shouted out LeBron on Saturday morning. Happy birthday, LeBron.
7:04 AM ET Wimbledon’s decision to ban Belarusian players from last year’s tournament “changed nothing,” world No. 5 Aryna Sabalenka said on Sunday, adding that she hoped to return to the grass-court Grand Slam in 2023, having missed its fans and atmosphere. Wimbledon organisers banned players from Russia and Belarus last year after Moscow’s invasion
With an eye on the 2023 ODI World Cup in India, the BCCI has shortlisted a pool of 20 players, sources told NDTV. Also, top players could be asked to skip the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), with the BCCI wanting players to focus on ICC events, and to avoid injury problems.
5:05 AM ET The Denver Broncos‘ ownership group, which made the decision to fire Nathaniel Hackett this past week, is expected to be “ultra aggressive” in doing whatever it takes to land the head-coaching candidate they want, league sources told ESPN. While there is a salary cap on players, there is no salary cap on
12:05 AM ET Admit it, you didn’t think they’d do it. Not TCU, the team seemingly everyone outside of Fort Worth, Texas, has been predicting to lose week after week. Oh sure, the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl was going to be a good game, but TCU actually win?! Nah. Michigan
12:13 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Brooklyn Nets went through a lot in 2022. At times throughout the year, the drama surrounding the organization seemed to overwhelm the team. But as the calendar year came to a close Saturday night, Kevin Durant and his teammates and coach reflected on one of the most eventful
1:54 AM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Casper Ruud has taken up in 2023 where he left off in 2022, beating Brazil’s Thiago Monteiro 6-3, 6-2 in the first men’s singles match of the New Year to boost Norway at the United Cup mixed teams championship in Brisbane. Ruud had a successful 2022, rising as
10:42 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — The Detroit Tigers acquired infielder Tyler Nevin from the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday for cash. The 25-year-old Nevin played in 58 games for the Orioles last season, hitting .197 with two home runs and 16 RBIs. He was originally drafted by the Colorado Rockies in 2015. Nevin is
8:15 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN GLENDALE, Ariz. — In the biggest upset since the advent of the College Football Playoff, third-seeded TCU rode its underdog status to a 51-45 win over undefeated and No. 2 Michigan in the Fiesta Bowl on Saturday. The win continued TCU’s storybook season and made the Frogs the first Big
10:16 PM ET Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — Luka Doncic scored 51 points and the Dallas Mavericks escaped with a 126-125 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday night for their sixth straight win. Christian Wood added 25 points in Dallas’ fifth straight victory over San Antonio. Keldon Johnson had 30 points for San